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• Fish Consulting Adds Sonic Drive-In to Client Roster

  26-02-2016 22:54
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Fish Consulting adds Sonic Drive-In to client roster.Exclusive Brief: 0Fish Consulting LLC, a national communications firm specializing in franchise public relations, announced it has added Massage Heights and Sonic to its client roster. The new additions are part of the agency's growth plans following a successful 2015 that included expanding its portfolio with brands such as Dwyer Group, Tropical Smoothie Café, Captain D's, AAMCO Transmissions
  
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• Bowl of Heave Expands in SoCal and Beyond

  26-02-2016 22:51
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Bowl of Heaven continues to expand in Southern California and beyond.Exclusive Brief: 0Bowl of Heaven, the innovative, health-casual concept featuring delicious açaí bowls, smoothies, and juices made with superfood ingredients and plant protein, has announced plans to open 10 additional locations in 2016. This expanding brand, which was named as one of Entrepreneur magazine’s 10 Promising New Franchises, has franchise units in devel
  
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• Uncle Maddio's Opens Its First Lexington Location

  26-02-2016 22:47
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Uncle Maddio's opens first Lexington, Kentucky, location.Exclusive Brief: 0Top fast-casual pizza restaurant Uncle Maddio's Pizza opens its first Lexington, Kentucky, at 630 Euclid Avenue on Saturday with free pizza to guests in line from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The restaurant is owned and operated by local Lexington brothers Todd, Matt, and Robb Sackett, along with business partner Billy White, who also own 11 Jimmy John’s in the area. Chains:&nbs
  
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• Looking for Food in All the Wrong Places - Huffington Post

  26-02-2016 22:35 via
  Looking for Food in All the Wrong Places
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  E. Melanie DuPuis Professor of Environmental Studies and Science at Pace University and author of Dangerous Digestion: The Politics of American Dietary Advice. This National Nutrition Month, eat like an American. Every March, the Academy of Nutrition ...and more »
  

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• An Entire 21-Ton Airdrop of Food for a Besieged Syrian Town Has Been Lost - Munchies_ Food by VICE

  26-02-2016 21:03 via
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  An Entire 21-Ton Airdrop of Food for a Besieged Syrian Town Has Been Lost
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  The entirety of a 21-ton emergency food drop intended for starving Syrians besieged by ISIS has been lost, according to the United Nations' World Food Programme. The 21 one-ton pallets of food aid were dropped from 23,000 feet above the city of Deir ...
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• Chicken, meat and bread: How to freeze your food without the burn - Today.com

  26-02-2016 20:21 via
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  Chicken, meat and bread: How to freeze your food without the burn
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  If your freezer doubles as a bunker for all of your leftovers, store bargains, and food memories, it's time to overhaul the contents. Try our easy steps to re-do your freezer to limit food waste and boost convenience. Closed Captioning. ON OFF. apply ...
  

• GMO Labeling: Should Food Packaging Identify Genetically Modified Organisms? - International Business Times

  26-02-2016 19:17 via
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  GMO Labeling: Should Food Packaging Identify Genetically Modified Organisms?
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  GettyImages-450343734 Milk is displayed on shelves in a Brooklyn supermarket in New York City on June 9, 2014. Photo: spencer platt/getty images; GettyImages-104217003 A woman reads a food label while waiting in line at a New York City grocery store, ...
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• Economic Rebound Revives Work Rules for Food Aid - Wall Street Journal

  26-02-2016 19:10 via
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  Economic Rebound Revives Work Rules for Food Aid
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  RALEIGH, N.C.—Tiffoney Greene is racing a ticking clock. She has to meet job requirements by March 31, or the federal government will stop helping her buy food. The same deadline looms around the U.S. as work requirements for nutritional assistance ...
  

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• What Are Food Incubators and Do They Create Viable Businesses? - Eater

  26-02-2016 19:02 via
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  What Are Food Incubators and Do They Create Viable Businesses?
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  It's a good time to be in the specialty foods business. Retail sales in the United States were worth over $85 billion in 2014 and, overall, $42 billion in sales came from mainstream stores like Target or Costco. Some of these specialty foods can be ...and more »
  

• Can emoji help kids make better food choices? - Washington Post

  26-02-2016 18:33 via
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  Can emoji help kids make better food choices?
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  The effort to improve nutrition and fight obesity among children has been significant and multifaceted: healthier school lunches, increased physical activity, enhanced oversight of fast-food marketing and even a national campaign championed by first ...
  

• Teen mental health risk increases with food insecurity - Fox News

  26-02-2016 17:36 via
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  Teen mental health risk increases with food insecurity
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  Adolescents living in households with limited or uncertain availability of nutritious food are more than twice as likely as other kids to have emotional problems or conduct problems, according to a new study. "These findings add to our growing ...and more »
  

• Perdue Farms extends antibiotic-free aim

  26-02-2016 15:49
  US poultry processor Perdue Farms is extending its antibiotic-free poultry aim to now cover all of its value-added chicken products sold in grocery and foodservice in the US.
  
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• Cava Grill First Fast Casual Sourcing Border Springs Lamb

  26-02-2016 15:32
  
  Cava Grill is the first fast casual to source premier Virginia lamb.Exclusive Brief: 0Cava Grill’s mission has always been to showcase the highest quality local ingredients, and the fast-casual restaurant group has just announced the addition of premier quality pasture-raised Virginia lamb from Border Springs Farm to its menu offerings. Appearing on menus of some of the country’s finest and most renowned culinary destinations, such as Sean Brock’s Husk, Linton Hopkins&rsqu
  
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• Subway Introduces Antibiotic-Free Rotisserie Chicken

  26-02-2016 15:24
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Subway begins offering antibiotic-free rotisserie-style chicken.Exclusive Brief: 0Beginning March 1, guests visiting their neighborhood Subway sandwich shops can enjoy the newest addition to the menu: Rotisserie-Style Chicken that is raised without antibiotics, following the brand’s commitment to transition to only serve proteins raised without antibiotics. After months of working with supply chain and industry experts to meet the new demand, Sub
  
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• Carl's Jr. Makes History with '75 Corvette Promo

  26-02-2016 15:12
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Carl's Jr. celebrates 75th anniversary with History channel special.Exclusive Brief: 0The History channel and Carl’s Jr. announced two History series integrations to celebrate Carl’s Jr.’s upcoming 75th anniversary on July 17. Episodes from returning series Counting Cars and American Restoration will feature two different classic car restorations in a nod to the Carl’s Jr. success story as well as the brand’s enduring impa
  
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• Labeyrie Fine Foods snaps up Pere Olive and King Cuisine

  26-02-2016 14:46
  French group Labeyrie Fine Foods has announced the acquisition of Belgian firm Père Olive and Dutch company King Cuisine to expand its reach in "gourmet snacking". 
  
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• How Future Group is working to meet the unique demands of India's consumers - interview

  26-02-2016 14:35
  Devendra Chawla, group president for food, FMCG and brands at India's Future Group, has a clear view of how the Indian branded food sector is, and has been, developing. While Indian consumers love to try new products, they prefer them to be spiced with some familiar flavours from the past. Mini Pant Zachariah caught up with Chawla to learn more about his take on the evolution of the Indian palate. 
  
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• What potential does India offer food exporters?

  26-02-2016 14:14
  The Indian food sector presents exporters with a potentially significant medium- to long-term opportunity. The size of the country's population - around 1.2bn - and an expanding middle class are driving growth in demand. In the first on our series of articles taking a deep dive into India's food industry, just-food spoke to international export associations to find out the potential and pitfalls awaiting companies that want to sell into this promising, yet challenging, market.&nbs
  
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• Grupo Bimbo enjoys 2015 organic growth in Mexico, Latin America

  26-02-2016 14:12
  Grupo Bimbo saw sales and earnings rise in 2015, with the Mexico-based bakery giant reporting higher organic sales at home and in Latin America more broadly.
  
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• Candyking contract losses hit FY bottom line

  26-02-2016 12:44
  Swedish confectioner Candyking has posted higher losses for the year after losing contracts in Sweden and Norway.
  
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• Food industry news of the week - Danone and Arla in Africa, Campbell Soup Co.'s muted US sales, Bellamy's Australia riding infant formula wave

  26-02-2016 12:16
  Africa's position as a market of growing importance for the world's dairy processors was underlined this week, with Danone and Arla Foods announcing moves to invest in the region. Conditions in the dairy sector, however, remain volatile, as shown by the 2015 results of Germany's largest dairy, DMK. Elsewhere, Campbell Soup Co. hailed the improvements it is making on its profitability but admitted parts of its US business are struggling to grow sales. Meanwhile, Australian baby food group Bellamy
  
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• Tongue Twisters

  26-02-2016 12:15
  
  If the pucker factor of lemon juice, vinegar, or Greek yogurt just makes you wince, or if the prickly sensation of bitterness on the sides and back of your tongue makes your nose scrunch and your taste buds recoil, you’re far from alone. Turns out that while we’re genetically predisposed to love sweet foods, nature probably warned humans off bitter and sour tastes back in the hunter-gatherer era, when the bitterness of a berry, leaf, or shrub may have signaled its unfitness for human
  
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• Chef Q&A: Dave Woolley

  26-02-2016 11:56
  
  There are five basic tastes that the human palate can sense when eating food: salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and umami. In the limited-service restaurant industry, however, salty and sweet (and, recently, umami) have reigned supreme, leaving bitter and sour flavors on the fringe.
  
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• B&G Foods expects continued growth in 2016

  26-02-2016 10:06
  B&G Foods said it anticipates sales and earnings to continue to rise in 2016 on the back of acquisition-driven growth last year. 
  
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• Scandi Standard sees FY sales, profits grow

  26-02-2016 09:27
  
  Scandi Standard has reported higher profits and sales for the year.
  
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• Ex-Boulder CEO forms food investment vehicle 

  26-02-2016 09:26
  
  Steve Hughes, the former CEO of Boulder Brands, has established a vehicle to invest in emerging food brands in partnership with PE firm Trilantic North America.
  
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• Ex-Boulder Brands CEO Steve Hughes forms food investment vehicle 

  26-02-2016 09:26
  
  Steve Hughes, the former CEO of US free-from and spreads business Boulder Brands, has established a vehicle to invest in emerging food brands in partnership with private-equity firm Trilantic North America.
  
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• BRF names new CFO, announces management reshuffle

  26-02-2016 09:23
  
  BRF has announced the departure of its CFO Augusto Ribiero Jr who is leaving the company.
  
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• Fyffes achieves "step-up" in profitability 

  26-02-2016 09:16
  Irish produce group Fyffes reported higher comparable earnings as it achieved a "step-up" in profitability in 2015. 
  
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• BRF posts higher sales, profits on Middle East, Brazil progress

  26-02-2016 09:13
  
  BRF has reported higher profits and sales for the year as a result of continued growth in the Middle East and in its domestic market.
  
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• Kraft Heinz margins strengthen but sales drop

  26-02-2016 08:59
  Kraft Heinz reported an increase in pro-forma operating profit for 2015 as the enlarged group, created by the merger of Kraft and Heinz, focused on improving margins. 
  
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• Plastic in <em>Snickers</em> bar prompts Mars recall in 55 countries

  26-02-2016 07:00
  After a small piece of red plastic was found in one Snickers bar purchased in Germany on January 8, Mars has made a precautionary decision to voluntarily recall a selection of Snickers, Mars, Milky Way, and Celebrations products produced in its Netherlands factory.
  
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• Eurofins opens new laboratory in Kentucky

  26-02-2016 07:00
  Eurofins Microbiology, a provider of bioanalytical testing services, has announced the opening of its new ISO 17025 accredited laboratory in Louisville, Ky.
  
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• AAAS honors IFT members with Fellow designation

  26-02-2016 07:00
  The AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Council elected 347 Fellows for 2015, in recognition of their contributions to innovation, education, and scientific leadership.
  
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• CMR S.A.B. de C.V. : Foodservice - Company Profile, SWOT & Financial Analysis

  26-02-2016 01:00
  Canadean's "CMR S.A.B. de C.V. : Foodservice - Company Profile, SWOT & Financial Analysis" contains in depth information and data about the company and its operations.
  
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